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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "2 U.S.C. § 396"
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description: "Allowance of party’s expenses"
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title_number: 2
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title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
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chapter_number: "12"
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chapter_name: "CONTESTED ELECTIONS"
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section: "396"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 396 - Allowance of party’s expenses
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## Text
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The committee may allow any party reimbursement from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives of his reasonable expenses of the contested election case, including reasonable attorneys fees, upon the verified application of such party accompanied by a complete and detailed account of his expenses and supporting vouchers and receipts.
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(Pub. L. 91–138, § 17, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 290; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 211(4), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1744.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts” for “contingent fund”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection applicable with respect to any general or special election for Representative in, or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States occurring after Dec. 5, 1969, see section 19 of Pub. L. 91–138, set out as a note under section 381 of this title.
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